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How Old These 21 Entrepreneur Superstars Were When They Made Their First Million and First Billion (Interactive Infographic) Mark Zuckerberg was a millionaire by the time he was 22, but George Soros didn't make his first million until he was 47.

By Catherine Clifford

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Mark Zuckerberg is the entrepreneurial ideal. He was a millionaire by 22, a billionaire a year after, and he wears a hooded sweatshirt every day.

But for a lot of entrepreneurs, the path to riches takes a lot longer and is a bit more complicated. For even the most supremely successful entrepreneurs, getting to that coveted millionaire mark takes a while.

Hedge-fund investor George Soros didn't become a millionaire until he was 47. Vacuum cleaner entrepreneur James Dyson also didn't become a millionaire until he was 47.

Related: 62 Percent of American Billionaires Are Self-Made

And for others, the time between becoming a millionaire and becoming a billionaire was a lot longer. Alan Sugar, the founder of British electronics company Armstrad, was a millionaire at 24 but didn't reach the elite billionaire's club until he was 68.

This is all according to a nifty interactive infographic generated by U.K. business lending company Fleximize. We have embedded it below. It's fun to have a look and remember that everybody sets their own pace on the path into this elite club.

Related: The Wild and Crazy Career Paths of 5 Self-Made Billionaires (Infographic)

(via Fleximize).

Catherine Clifford

Senior Entrepreneurship Writer at CNBC

Catherine Clifford is senior entrepreneurship writer at CNBC. She was formerly a senior writer at Entrepreneur.com, the small business reporter at CNNMoney and an assistant in the New York bureau for CNN. Clifford attended Columbia University where she earned a bachelor's degree. She lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. You can follow her on Twitter at @CatClifford.

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